1950 born in Naaldwijk, Niederlande
1970-74 Studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam
1984-1990 Docent at the „Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Constantijn Huygens, Kampen
1990-2000 Docent at the Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam
2005 Prof. for Jewerlry at the „Konstfack, University of Arts, Craft and Design, Stockholm
Works in public collections
Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
City of Amsterdam
City of Tilburg
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Gemeentemuseum, Arbhem
Provinz Overijssel
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Groningen
Hiko Mizuno Collge of Art, Tokyo
Gemeentelijk Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn
Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim
Anger Museum, Erfurt
Danner Stiftung, Munich
Musée des arts Décoratifs, Montreal
Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New York
Cleveland Museum, CLEVELAND
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia